Desired Skills and Experience
- Shape and execute a technological mid and long term vision for data engineering at Jimdo
- Train and improve existing machine learning models, identify potential for future use cases and bring your ideas to life
- Find opportunities to further improve the performance and stability of tools and infrastructure
- Keep the data warehouse and all incoming and outgoing data streams running and up to date
- Make sure all data is recoverable and secure
- Build and improve internal software solutions to support the work of Data Analysts and other teams in their daily work
- Define policies and contracts towards clean and unified incoming data
- Degree in Computer Science / Data Engineering or Backend Engineering or equivalent experience
- At least 5 years of experience
- Broad knowledge and experience in distributed systems (Kafka, Kinesis) and database architecture
- Excellent skills in a variety of languages and tools (Python, Ruby, Java, R, SQL, scripting languages, APIs)
- Experience in building and maintaining software components and infrastructure (AWS Stack, Jenkins, Spark)
- Demonstrated ability to implement, handle and update disaster recovery procedures
- Demonstrated ability to process complex information and dependencies in a continuously evolving environment
- Strong communication skills for finding simple and solid solutions
- Positive attitude towards problem solving
- Obsession with automation and simplicity
- Ability to break complex problems down into manageable chunks
- Drive to get things done
- Solid spoken and written English communication skills